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Lost to enemy torpedo attack, 12 November 1942, at Fedala Bay, Morocco

USS Edward Rutledge (APA-24)exUSS Edward Rutledge (AP-52)

Awards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 12 November 1942)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory MedalEdward Rutledge Class Transport

Built in 1931 as SS Exeter at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.

Edward Rutledge born 23 November 1749 in Charleston, S.C., was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a statesman. At the time of his death 23 January 1800, he was Governor of South Carolina.
Photo: images.virtualology.com/ac/5/i/ency0167.jpg

Bill Gonyo

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USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52) underway, circa September 1942. She appears to have retained her merchant ship davits for
handling her landing craft. Her two forward 3"/50 guns are in elevated tubs forward, and she has a lattice radar mast over the bridge.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 54349, courtesy Shipscribe.com.